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Motherwell and Wishaw

urban and industrial area comprising the neighbouring towns of
Motherwell and Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, historic county of Lanarkshire, west-central Scotland, on the southeastern periphery of the Glasgow metropolitan area.

North Lanarkshire

...of the smaller towns are residential suburbs of Glasgow, and many residents of larger towns, such as Airdrie, commute to work in other parts of the metropolitan area. The older industrial towns of
Motherwell, Wishaw, and Coatbridge owe their early development to local coal and iron ore production, which supplied a large-scale iron and steel industry. By the end of the 20th century, coal mining...